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W. Tennis Falls While Men Sail

Crimson Men Win 5-2 Over Columbia

Three sophomores led the Crimson campaign: Andrew Rueb tallied a Harvard victory at first singles with a 6-3, 6-3, triumph over Columbia's Mark Sigalove, while Umesha Wallooppillai and Chris Laitala cruised to straight-set singles wins at third and sixth singles, respectively.

At second singles, junior Marshall Burroughs rallied to a 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, win over Columbia's Burke Banoa.

"I played in a daze the second set," Burroughs said of his match, "but then I regrouped and played a solid third set."

Harvard stole the doubles point, as the Crimson swept two of the three matches, which are played in the eight game pro-set format.

The duo of Rueb/Wallooppillai swept Columbia's Sigalove/Banda, 9-8, at first doubles.

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At second doubles, junior Adam Meister and freshman Todd Meringoff were victorious, 8-5.

Although last weekend's 2-0 performance gave the Ivy league a taste of Crimson talent, Harvard isn't quick to make assumptions.

"We try to ignore past results and take each match as it comes," Burroughs said. "And we have our toughest road trip of the season coming up this weekend."

Freshman Danny Chung, who was pulled out of Saturday's singles lineup with a hamstring injury, will be back this weekend to assist in the Crimson attack.

Harvard travels to Navy, West Virginia and Princeton for the four-day road trip, and the Crimson is looking to continue rolling over opponents the way that it rolled over Columbia last weekend.

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